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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Gelligaer
Visit Gelligaer places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Gelligaer places to visit. A unique way to experience Gelligaer’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Gelligaer as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Gelligaer is a town and community in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales, in the Rhymney River valley. The population of the Town as shown at the 2011 census was 18,408. When you visit Gelligaer, Walkfo brings Gelligaer places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Gelligaer Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Gelligaer
Visit Gelligaer – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 39 audio plaques & Gelligaer places for you to explore in the Gelligaer area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Gelligaer places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Gelligaer history
Gelligaer is known for its stone Roman fort, part of a network within Roman Wales, believed to have been built between 103 and 111 A.D. The parish church of St. Catwg (Cadoc) is ancient but heavily restored in the Victorian era.
Why visit Gelligaer with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Gelligaer places with Walkfo Gelligaer to hear history at Gelligaer’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Gelligaer has 39 places to visit in our interactive Gelligaer map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Gelligaer, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Gelligaer places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Gelligaer & the surrounding areas.
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39 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Walkfo Gelligaer tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Gelligaer |
Best Gelligaer places to visit
Gelligaer has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Gelligaer’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Gelligaer’s information audio spots:
Valley Greyhound Stadium
The Valley Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium in Wales. It is located in Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales.
CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence
The CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence (Welsh: Canolfan Rhagoriaeth Chwaraeon Brwrdeistaf Sirol Caerffili) was opened in May 2014. Newport Gwent Dragons use the facility as a training base, along with local educational establishment Coleg y Cymoedd.
Ystrad Mynach Hospital
Ystrad Mynach Hospital was a community hospital in Wales. It was managed by Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board.
Aberbargoed Buds F.C.
Aberbargoed Buds Football Club is a football club in Wales. The team play in the Ardal Leagues South East, tier 3 of the Welsh football pyramid.
Gelligaer
Gelligaer is a town and community in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales, in the Rhymney River valley. The population of the Town as shown at the 2011 census was 18,408.
Deep Navigation Colliery
Deep Navigation Colliery was a coal mine in South Wales, that operated from 1872 until 1991. Producing the highest quality steam coal, it powered both the Cunard passenger steamers RMS Mauretania and RMS Lusitania in their successful attempts at the Blue Riband prize for the most rapid Atlantic Ocean passage.
Treharris Athletic Western F.C.
Treharris Athletic Western F.C. play in the Ardal Leagues South West. Their home ground is based in Parc Taf Bargoed in the neighbouring village of Trelewis.
Llancaiach Fawr
Llancaiach Fawr Manor is a Tudor manor house in the Rhymney Valley in South Wales. It is a Grade I listed building and is now best known as the home of Colonel Edward Prichard, who hosted a visit by King Charles I of England in 1645.
Visit Gelligaer plaques
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here Gelligaer has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Gelligaer plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Gelligaer using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Gelligaer plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.